Dancing with truth and peace
Tuesday
December 2023
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself, Your Church, Your Family
My favorite books this year squeezed me through a claustrophobic tunnel below a Confederate prison, filled me with hope at a wedding where a church became family, and instructed me about the Scriptures. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South (by Esau McCaulley) There’s […]
Thursday
August 2023
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself, Your Family
In a few weeks, millions of students will begin a new semester of college. If I could talk to each one of them, I’d say three things. The first two are important, but the last one is critical. Study crazy hard the first three weeks. It’s not that I want you to quit studying hard […]
Wednesday
March 2023
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself
Ask for help. Ask for counsel. Neglecting either is a grave error. Ask For HelpI bet you’ve had times when a friend or family member needed help, but they chose not to ask you for it. Our friend, whose 90th birthday bash was so much fun (4 years ago), badly injured his hand while loading […]
Wednesday
June 2022
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself, Your World
There are lots of ways to get bad news, but you need to get good news. You need news that is healthy for your head and heart. I have some suggestions.
Tuesday
November 2021
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Lead Yourself
I read fewer books in 2021 than any other year in the past decade. There were several reasons for that: mental fatigue, multiple teens who like to start conversations when I’m ready to retire to bed with a book, and one book that was heavy and long. And as ridiculous as it sounds, I realized […]
